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Reflections on Paratextual Markers and Graphic Devices in Ur III Administrative Documents

Author(s) -

Christina Tsouparopoulou

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

textual cultures

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1933-7418

pISSN - 1559-2936

DOI - 10.14434/tc.v8i2.13276

Subject(s) - inscribed figure , reading (process) , interpretation (philosophy) , information retrieval , blank , cuneiform , raster graphics , computer science , world wide web , natural language processing , history , linguistics , artificial intelligence , engineering , mathematics , philosophy , ancient history , mechanical engineering , geometry , programming language

Mining 15,000 cuneiform inscribed clay documents, albeit with about 10 lines of text each, this article discusses elements appearing on these tablets beyond text which accentuated in a visual way the structure of the documents and usually aided or, in some instances, obscured their reading and subsequent interpretation. These paratextual markers and graphic devices are left-edge inscriptions, rulings, blank spaces, and sealings that added information not available from the text alone.

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